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Comment by Tami on June 1, 2009 at 12:35

Thanks, Mark and LeAnne, for taking the time to answer.

I guess I was wrong to think there was just one chapter for the small word phrases (similar to prepositional phrases).

I was looking for the ones you posted earlier, Mark, for Christine. It was soon after you joined. I think I'll just start a discussion above, like I said, and cut and paste your list you posted before on here. It was just too good to get buried on the comment wall.

You know I phrase like CRAZY, but I'm still missing quite a few gems, like "for a," and I'm starting to notice them when I write.

What's great about looking for a certain page was I noticed a few more gems in the book I didn't even know existed.

I have them now flagged to add to the list. :)

Comment by Mark Kislingbury on June 1, 2009 at 12:08

Tami,

Small word phrases is a HUGE thing, and the ones I listed below are a good START on them. Basically, Tami, THE WHOLE LAST HALF of the Magnum Steno book is PHRASES (all small word, mostly), showing what a huge thing it is.

Comment by Mark Kislingbury on June 1, 2009 at 12:07

Tami,

Page 405, ~a/~an phrases
Page 400, to~ phrases
Page 434 ~is the phrases
Pages 432-33 ~him ~her ~his phrases
Page 417 ~it phrases
Page 409 ~the phrases

and many more

Comment by LeAnne Law on June 1, 2009 at 12:03

Tami, phrase endings start on page 297 and from there they are broken down into groups for the remainder of the book.

Comment by Tami on June 1, 2009 at 10:26

Can't find the small word phrases (for a, etc.) in the Magnum book. I think I remember Rhoda referring to the page, but I keep searching and come up empty.

Help??

I'm wanting to start a discussion on small word combos, so it will be easily accessed by us all.

I use quite a few of them, BUT I also have a whole bunch of them that are so easy and I just can't believe I two stroke.

My next BIG bite . . .

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Comment by Brenda Rogers on May 30, 2009 at 16:20

I use * for really in those phrases. Well, that's an optimistic statement! My dictionary has those "really" phrases with the asterisk. The goal is to use them regularly and readily. I hear, "I can't really remember" and "I don't really know" pretty often in depositions.

Comment by Jaimie on May 30, 2009 at 16:09

Hi there! Wow you all are awesome. Thanks for the input. I guess the reason why I wanted to find a brief for I don't really recall and I really don't recall is bc I always hesitate on those words. So briefing it may stop my hesitation. :)
Thanks again!

Comment by Brenda Rogers on May 30, 2009 at 9:51

I still don't use the number bar and am happy not. Interesting how people feel on the subject. I know someone who learned the number bar and taught herself to write them out and has never looked back.

The only reason I'd like to learn number bar at this point is to use it in macros. I have the LS, so if I learned, I wouldn't learn it the traditional way, but as individual keys.

Comment by Christine Kirley on May 30, 2009 at 9:41

Mark,
Thanks for your uh-huh and huh-uh suggestions.

After revamping/converting my Herman Miller theory to your theory (still a work in progress), one of my last challenges to conquer is my numbers. When I was at 120 WPM, our teacher advised us to write numbers out. Unfortunately, I took her advice. I have not used the number bar since, and, of course, regret it. I don't even have it on my writer. (Remember in San Diego when you were writing on my writer?)

I need a little more time for all the new concepts to sink in before I tackle a new challenge. With Herman Miller, I had over 2,400 conflicts in my dictionary when I converted to your theory. Have resolved most of them, but there's still some hesitation.

Oh, how great it is for those students learning Kislingbury theory from the start!!

Comment by Mark Kislingbury on May 29, 2009 at 20:07

Kathryn, I love the asterisk idea for interruption. I'm going to think about incorporating that!

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